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Fairfax
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independent city in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Pre incorporation county
- Fairfax County (none after incorporation – Independent city )
- Type
- Council–manager government
- Mayor
- Catherine S. Read ( D )
- Total
- 6.27 sq mi (16.25 km )
- Land
- 6.24 sq mi (16.16 km )
- Water
- 0.031 sq mi (0.08 km )
- Elevation
- 312 ft (95 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 26,772
- Density
- 3,870/sq mi (1,494/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip codes
- 22030–22033
- Area codes
- 703 , 571
- Fips code
- 51-26496
- Website
- fairfaxva.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- independent city in the United States
- Named after
- Thomas Fairfax
- Official name
- Fairfax
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Population
- 24146
- Area
- 16.254519
- Elevation
- 95
- Capital of
- Fairfax County
- Shares border with
- Fairfax County
- Official website
- www.fairfaxva.gov
- Image
- Fairfax, Virginia - panoramio.jpg
- Households
- 8751
- Patron saint
- Joseph of Leonessa
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- postal code
- 22035
- Commons category
- Fairfax, Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:Fairfax, Virginia
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Fairfax, Virginia
- inception
- 1805-00-00
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Fairfax, Virginia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Fairfax, Virginia
- different from
- Fairfax County
- native label
- Fairfax
- water as percent of area
- 0.5848
- per capita income
- 53488
- P12749
- Enteridium lycoperdon
- number of viewers/listeners
- 459705
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Encyclopedic overview
Fairfax (/ˈfɛərfæks/ FAIR-faks) is an independent city in Virginia and the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,146.
Fairfax is part of both the Washington metropolitan area and Northern Virginia regions. It is located 14 miles (23 km) west of Washington, D.C. Fairfax is served by Washington Metro's Orange Line.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fairfax” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.